Emma Raducanu suffers defeat as she vows to come back strong in her next tournament.
British number 1 Emma Raducanu suffers defeat in the Transylvania Open as she vows to come back stronger.
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk defeated the 18-year-old 6-2 6-1 under an hour at the WTA 250 event in Cluj-Napoca, with the Brit committing 41 unforced errors during the game.
Emma Raducanu claims that she was not fully fit and she noticed it from her morning practice.
She insisted that she wanted to be out on the court and do the best but unfortunately it was a disappointing result for her.
“I wasn’t physically feeling 100 per cent. I was quite tired and lethargic today. Sometimes you just have those days where you don’t feel your best,” Raducanu told reporters. “I knew from the morning, I knew from practice.
“I wanted to go out there on the court and try my best and see how it was going to go, maybe it would go better. But I just couldn’t get it going today unfortunately.
“It’s just disappointing that you have these days. It’s not a nice feeling to have, but I just need to move on from it and brush it off. And then I’ll be back in another tournament soon.”
